If you live in the Los Angeles area and are looking for beautiful landscape design ideas and outdoor living inspiration, I have a recomendation for you! Pacific Outdoor Living, a design/build landscape company in Southern California that I admire, is…
0 Comments / 275 View / October 21, 2014
The Forum Carlsbad Shopping Center gardens featuring Proven Winners plants is an example of exceptional public landscaping. When was the last time you visited an outdoor shopping center and left with tons of garden design ideas! A custom…
1 Comment / 854 View / March 9, 2012
This is Part 2 of the Mar Vista Green Garden Tour in Southern California. Need some more inspiration for a low-water garden? The Mar Vista Green Garden tour I attended last week yielded lots of design and plant combination…
9 Comments / 2621 View / April 30, 2009
Los Angeles is experiencing an ongoing drought, but you wouldn't know it by the looks of the lush Edens I saw this weekend at the "Mar Vista Green Garden" tour. Living and gardening in Los Angeles is a year-round pleasure for…
11 Comments / 1066 View / April 27, 2009
I had Chicago all wrong! Chicago IS a model for sidewalk garden urban chic and a shining example of urban renewal. I was expecting downtown Chicago to be another congested, concrete jungle, as is the case with many high…
12 Comments / 2213 View / August 23, 2008
